Major US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is expanding its payment offerings in Poland by integrating one of the country’s most popular mobile payment systems.
The company has partnered with European payment processor PPro to support payments via Blik, a widely used Polish mobile payment network with nearly 20 million users.
The development was announced by Coinbase executive and NFT Paris co-founder Côme Prost, who joined the exchange in February 2024 to head its French operations. In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Prost said strengthening local payment rails is a key priority, noting that simple, fast and familiar payment options are essential to driving crypto adoption.
The expansion comes as Poland continues to grapple with cryptocurrency legislation amid political divisions. Last week, the government reintroduced a strict crypto bill that had been vetoed by President Karol Nawrocki just weeks earlier.
Coinbase operates under a licence granted through the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), which it obtained in June.
“It has been a pleasure working with the team at Coinbase to launch Blik on their platform, enabling Polish customers to access crypto,” PPro executive Tom Benson said in a LinkedIn post.
He added that he was confident the partnership with Coinbase would strengthen in 2026 as the company rolls out additional local payment options and broadens collaboration into other areas.
Crypto adoption in Poland has continued to accelerate despite delays in domestic regulation, with the country ranking among the leaders in Chainalysis’ 2025 European Crypto Adoption report.
Poland remains the only EU member state without a fully operational national legal framework to enforce the MiCA regulation, even though the rules apply even in the absence of formal implementation.
“Following the president’s veto of the government’s bill, Poland is now the only EU member state that has taken no steps toward implementation,” said Juan Ignacio Ibañez, a member of the Technical Committee of the MiCA Crypto Alliance.
He noted that there is no single approach to implementation across the bloc, citing Germany and France, which have adopted dedicated laws, while other countries such as Spain and Luxembourg have opted to amend existing financial legislation.
Ibañez added that delays in implementation do not mean all countries are at the same stage, nor do they suggest that Poland is particularly hostile to crypto. He pointed to Hungary as an example, saying it has implemented MiCA with additional rules that are “more unfriendly to crypto asset service providers than Poland.”
